Daniel Parker, son of William Parker, second, and his wife,
was born October 22nd, 1809. He married Catharine E. Gil-
lespie, of Dayton, Ohio, in 1847. They had three sons:
George G., Daniel Herbert, and Frank H. Parker, all noted
physicians and specialists in surgery. Mr. Daniel Parker owned
and occupied the homestead, and died January 19th, 1893,
aged eighty-three years, two months, twenty-eight days. Mrs.
Parker died in 1908, in her eight-fourth year, a woman of
rare accomplishments, one who never grew old.
This Parker homestead is occupied by Dr. Frank Parker, the
only surviving member of his father's family.
A party of Indians came to Rutland sometime in the inter-
val between 1804 and 1808. The date is not as certain as
the incident. It was a custom in those days when preaching
by a minister was only occasional, to observe the Sabbath
by services at the home of some family in the neighborhood.
One Sunday when the meeting was in progress, Indians were
seen looking through the cracks of the door, and between the
logs. Immediately consternation prevailed, the women cry-
ing and wringing their hands, while some of the men went to
the door, shook hands with them and found them to be friendly.
The Indians said they wanted "johnny-cake," which fortunately
was at hand, so the request was granted and the Indians de-
parted. Mr. Milo Higley has written a very good song on
johnny-cake, and we venture to copy two stanzas relating to
the foregoing narrative.
"It was Sunday in that early day,
And all had gone to church
In the house of Mr. Larkin,
God's holy book to search.
Around the fireside they met,
A blessing to partake,
While from the hearth came up the fume
Of steaming johnny-cake.
